The Crime of Filming Repression in Palestine
Cambridge IMC | 20.12.2004 11:41 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Palestine | Repression
Kelly Minio-Paluello (23), a community activist from the USA and a member of Britain's National Union of Journalists, was brutally arrested by Israeli Border Policemen while filming a peaceful demonstration on Tuesday outside Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. She is currently being held in Hadera Detention Centre awaiting deportation. She has not been told why she was arrested or when she will be deported or informed of her rights.
Update: Kelly was deported on 24 December, and is now back in the USA.
Earlier this year, Kelly and her partner Mika produced a film documenting life in Balata refugee camp. The film formed part of an installation which toured the UK earlier this year. Copies of the film are available from the Cambridge Indymedia collective. When Kelly was arrested they had gone back to Balata to train Palestinians in the use of video equipment, to allow them to document their own experiences.
Kelly's arrest while filming the beating of a Palestinian by Israeli police comes only weeks after Palestian Authority presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti was beaten by Israeli troops at one of the 703 Israeli checkpoints on Palestinian territory. [Text] [Audio] [Video]
Previous Indymedia coverage by Kelly and Mika:
Cambridge IMC: [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | several reports on the invasion of Nablus in late 2003 [1] | [2] | [3]
Madison IMC: [1] [2]
Notes From Palestine | Balata Refugee Camp
For an earlier feature concering the events at this demonstration click here.
Cambridge IMC
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